Peter’s return home on Sunday afternoon

No pictures but lots of good news….Peter came home this afternoon. ? He has a Zabar’s feast awaiting him when he wakes up.

Peter does pizza…al fresco

I lied….one more Peter update before convocation….maybe I will lie again to tell you when he’s home. But here’s what happened today. Peter’s sisters take him outdoors:

Last hospital update

With Macaulay convocation on Monday, I am trying to devote just a little more bandwidth to the thousand people who will be in Alice Tully Hall to see their sons […]

Wednesday morning

Peter was strong enough at midnight to call Caroline to ask for his cell phone. Thanks, Caroline, for not hanging up on him …and for delivering it! And thanks for […]

More Cuba

Right around now, you are probably wishing I knew how to add photos in WordPress….if you could teach me how to do that, please let me know!? In fact, most […]

Havana 2009

I am just back from an extraordinary week in Cuba.? It will take a while to assimilate the sights, experiences, and ideas of the past seven days.? Mostly, I think […]

Visiting UT Austin

Plan II Honors College is a 75-year old program, a bit older than Macaulay!? I visited with the founders of the program as well as its current administrators.? Watch out…I am coming back with

MARC DONNER GOOGLES AT MACAULAY

Last night’s Dean’s Dinner was a full house. Marc Donner gave a wonderful talk about the personal and professional decisions that led him to Google. Thanks to him and also to David Bauer, who introduced

Super Bowl Sunday conflict

Where we sat at Super Bowl XLII

Orfeo at the Met

Extraordinary performance by Stephanie Blythe. Was it because of her, the length of the opera (90 minutes!), the ever fascinating story of Orpheus descending to the underworld to save his wife Eurdydice, or Peter Gelb’s